Local Equal Excellent is a movement of parents and residents who believe that Buckinghamshire’s secondary education system should work for every child. Our vision is a system where every school welcomes children of all abilities, provides the same excellent quality of education, and serves local families – this means a system with no academic selection at age 10.

We believe that education policy-making should be based on facts, not on competing ideologies. That is why we focus on collecting evidence that demonstrates how the current system affects the lives of real children and families.

NEWSFLASH: The grammar schools have announced details of the new 11-plus test that will be used in Bucks from next year.

Some key points:- The test will be provided by GL Assessment - the provider that the grammar schools previously sacked over concerns that their test did not select the most able pupils.- The weighting of different sections in the new test is changing. Verbal skills will still be worth 50% of the final mark. The maths and non-verbal skills sections will each be worth 25%.- Unlike the previous test, free familiarisation materials will be available on the GLA website.